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in some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blind...

of 19th century philosophers. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized that democracy, though touted as a distinct government defined by ...

some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded ...

certain settings, such as prisons or the military (Brennen, n.d.). * Democratic: More people-focused than authoritarian leaders. A...

James Madison and John Jay (Federalist party, 2005). Opposition to a strong federal government was known as anti-federalism, and ...

important because school systems have not kept pace with society. Change is needed and sometimes reform and renewal are vital elem...

Yes. Putnams introductory pages clearly explain his reasons for using Italy as his "laboratory": two regional governments, one in ...

the majority rule. Other nations which are considered incredibly different, and which further illustrate the complexity of constit...

As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just observed, the key to effective decisions in regard to Iraq and other critical issues is biparti...

the press that acts as a check and balance on the way political power is wielded, able to questions decisions and policies and inf...

TV" (Turner). The commission wanted the entrepreneurs to thrive; they wanted competition to arise so the audiences would have a ch...

can stand for election, telling the electorate what they stand for any their policies. The electorate will then vote for the perso...

lifting economic sanctions against the country (Thompson, 2006). The renewed ties, however fragile, between the U.S. and Libya mea...

treaties were thought with some justification to be "partially responsible for World War II," the tremendous suffering caused by W...

that when something powerful happens, it happens to white people in many respects. That is what gets the majority of the viewers t...

Marx, the freedom was not in the ability to acquire wealth, or the opportunities, but rather in equality. It was the ability to li...

15). An examination of political commentary pertaining to the development of democracy in Morocco shows that while some progress h...

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

political values," which are necessary in order for representative democracy to flourish, values such as "separation of religious ...

otherwise availing and equitable pursuit of modern society, others support its continued presence and believe capitalism is meant ...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

equal access and to and say in the distribution of the wealth and resources of a country."3 Clearly the U.S. is not an economic de...

exists between the two speaks to the necessity of such reasonable policy. What became necessary was a more scientific approach to...

he had the same words of contempt. Under an absolute monarchy, he believed, the military or law-enforcing caste was unduly exalte...

. . Capitalist democracy is neither just capitalism, nor just democracy, nor just some combination of the two that does not change...

the "mechanical" society grows out of social cohesion, which derives from similarities between individuals in a social group, and ...

views of its individual members. This essence of democracy, in the necessary voice of individuals, sounds like a positive thing, ...

In a paper consisting of twelve pages this paper considers democracy in terms of its antiwar disposition. Nine sources are cited ...

However, democracy faces constant challenges to its sustainability. These challenges include new types of racism, ethnic conflicts...

issues that concern the use of sexual power roles in popular culture include the contention that sexually explicit prime time tele...